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Cathodic reductive coupling of methyl cinnamate on boron-doped diamond electrodes and synthesis of new neolignan-type products

  • Taiki Kojima,
  • Rika Obata,
  • Tsuyoshi Saito,
  • Yasuaki Einaga and
  • Shigeru Nishiyama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 200–203, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.21

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  • window against evolution of both hydrogen and oxygen and for their high stability which is derived from their diamond carbon structure [6]. Although anodic oxidation reactions mediated by BDD electrodes have been exploited in organic synthesis, there have been only few reports regarding their application
  • in preparative-scale cathodic reduction of organic compounds [7]. During our investigations of phenolic oxidation reactions using BDD electrodes, we observed the generation of solvent-derived methoxy radicals that conducted an oxidation process of the phenol substrate to the corresponding coupling
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Published 03 Feb 2015

The Shono-type electroorganic oxidation of unfunctionalised amides. Carbon–carbon bond formation via electrogenerated N-acyliminium ions

  • Alan M. Jones and
  • Craig E. Banks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3056–3072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.323

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  • introduction of the nucleophile to the C–X bond that contains the electroauxiliary (Scheme 4). Similarly, α-silyl-carbamates undergo low potential anodic oxidation reactions with complete regiocontrol and in special cases diastereoselectivity [34][35]. Interestingly, a porous graphite felt anode and a
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Published 18 Dec 2014

An integrated photocatalytic/enzymatic system for the reduction of CO2 to methanol in bioglycerol–water

  • Michele Aresta,
  • Angela Dibenedetto,
  • Tomasz Baran,
  • Antonella Angelini,
  • Przemysław Łabuz and
  • Wojciech Macyk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2556–2565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.267

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  • from NAD+ would be of great interest due to their low cost, moderate (ambient) operational conditions and acceptable environmental impact. The most extensively applied photochemical processes are based on the use of TiO2 as a photocatalyst in oxidation reactions [14][15][16]. While pure TiO2 has a band
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Published 03 Nov 2014

Oxidative phenylamination of 5-substituted 1-hydroxynaphthalenes to N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone monoimines by air and light “on water”

  • Julio Benites,
  • Juan Meléndez,
  • Cynthia Estela,
  • David Ríos,
  • Luis Espinoza,
  • Iván Brito and
  • Jaime A. Valderrama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2448–2452, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.255

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  • concluded that the oxidative arylamination of 1,5-DHN (1) is favorable with arylamines containing electron-donor substituents. Bearing in mind that the formation of the quinone monoimines 6–10 under the above experimental conditions requires aerial oxidation reactions, most likely mediated by oxygen species
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Published 22 Oct 2014

Photorelease of phosphates: Mild methods for protecting phosphate derivatives

  • Sanjeewa N. Senadheera,
  • Abraham L. Yousef and
  • Richard S. Givens

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2038–2054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.212

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  • deconjugative rearrangement, instead follow a homolytic pathway. This results in lower yields, poorer efficiencies, and incomplete conversion for 2,6-HNA, and intractable mixtures of chromophoric byproducts and secondary oxidation reactions with O2, for 5,8-BQA. Neither chromophore is suitable for application
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Published 29 Aug 2014

Site-selective covalent functionalization at interior carbon atoms and on the rim of circumtrindene, a C36H12 open geodesic polyarene

  • Hee Yeon Cho,
  • Ronald B. M. Ansems and
  • Lawrence T. Scott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 956–968, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.94

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  • used to functionalize the existing polyarenes and/or to extend them to larger PAHs. The most common class of reactions is the electrophilic aromatic substitution; however, free radical, nucleophilic addition, reduction, and oxidation reactions are also possible. To synthesize larger PAHs that are not
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Published 28 Apr 2014

Advancements in the mechanistic understanding of the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition

  • Regina Berg and
  • Bernd F. Straub

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2715–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.308

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Published 02 Dec 2013

Copper(II)-salt-promoted oxidative ring-opening reactions of bicyclic cyclopropanol derivatives via radical pathways

  • Eietsu Hasegawa,
  • Minami Tateyama,
  • Ryosuke Nagumo,
  • Eiji Tayama and
  • Hajime Iwamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1397–1406, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.156

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  • mixture of 1b and 5 (12:88). Therefore, 5 may not result from the copper(II)-oxidation reaction. Based on the above observations, we anticipated that sterically less hindered cyclopropanols would more efficiently undergo copper(II)-induced oxidation reactions than the corresponding silyl ethers. To probe
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Published 11 Jul 2013

Copper-catalyzed aerobic aliphatic C–H oxygenation with hydroperoxides

  • Pei Chui Too,
  • Ya Lin Tnay and
  • Shunsuke Chiba

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1217–1225, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.138

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  • tertiary C–H bonds, respectively (Scheme 1b) [8][9]. Stimulated by these remote sp3 C–H oxidation reactions using the nitrogen-centered radicals derived from amidines and ketimines, we became interested to utilize oxygen-centered radicals (O-radicals) for the sp3 C–H functionalization. In this context, we
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Published 25 Jun 2013

Selective copper(II) acetate and potassium iodide catalyzed oxidation of aminals to dihydroquinazoline and quinazolinone alkaloids

  • Matthew T. Richers,
  • Chenfei Zhao and
  • Daniel Seidel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1194–1201, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.135

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  • aminals. Here we present catalytic methods for the synthesis of both these compound classes from aminals using Cu(OAc)2/O2/AcOH and KI/TBHP systems, respectively. Results and Discussion Copper-catalyzed oxidations of aminals to dihydroquinazolines Copper-catalyzed oxidation reactions have received a great
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Published 20 Jun 2013

NHC-catalysed highly selective aerobic oxidation of nonactivated aldehydes

  • Lennart Möhlmann,
  • Stefan Ludwig and
  • Siegfried Blechert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 602–607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.65

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  • NHC catalyst in hand, we tried oxidation reactions of cyclohexanecarbaldehyde as a nonactivated substrate. During these studies we observed a catalytic oxidation with oxygen using 20 mg mpg-C3N4 per millimol of aldehyde, even without light. Following the reaction by GC-analysis showed an exponential
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Published 22 Mar 2013

Polar reactions of acyclic conjugated bisallenes

  • Reiner Stamm and
  • Henning Hopf

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 36–48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.5

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  • is known about the behavior of noncyclic, conjugated bisallenes in ionic or polar reactions, whether these involve metalation processes, the addition of halogens and hydrogen halides, or oxidation reactions, to name but a few. To fill this gap we initiated a research program, hoping also that polar
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Published 08 Jan 2013

The chemistry of bisallenes

  • Henning Hopf and
  • Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

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Published 15 Nov 2012

Chemo-enzymatic modification of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) based on galactose oxidase treatment

  • Christiane E. Kupper,
  • Ruben R. Rosencrantz,
  • Birgit Henßen,
  • Helena Pelantová,
  • Stephan Thönes,
  • Anna Drozdová,
  • Vladimir Křen and
  • Lothar Elling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 712–725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.80

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  • . Enzyme activity was determined from the linear reaction rate. Oxidation of 1a–d and 2 Standard oxidation reactions were performed in oxygen-saturated sodium phosphate buffer (50 mM, pH 6, saturated by flushing pure oxygen into the buffer for 10 min). Open glass vessels were used to allow easy oxygen
  • scale, variations of the standard procedure were assessed, for example, different pH values, enzyme amounts or reaction time. For the analysis of oxidation reactions, reversed-phase HPLC utilizing method C was performed. Qualitative fast monitoring of the reaction progress was also done by TLC
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Published 09 May 2012

Synthesis and oxidation of some azole-containing thioethers

  • Andrei S. Potapov,
  • Nina P. Chernova,
  • Vladimir D. Ogorodnikov,
  • Tatiana V. Petrenko and
  • Andrei I. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1526–1532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.179

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  • oxidation reactions. Oxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides and sulfones can be achieved by using different oxidants and catalysts [15], hydrogen peroxide being the most versatile and green among them [16]. Despite the simplicity of their preparation and potentially useful properties, azole-containing
  • of compounds 8 and 5 (Figure 1), especially as the HOMO energy of sulfoxide 8 is even slightly higher, leading to its higher reactivity in oxidation reactions. Conclusion In summary, we have prepared new pyrazole- and benzotriazole-derived sulfones and sulfoxides that are interesting in view of their
  • coordination chemistry and their potential biological activity. The lower reactivity and selectivity of benzotriazole-containing thioether in oxidation reactions is explained by the presence of electron-withdrawing heterocycles in proximity to the sulfur atom, but nevertheless, the corresponding sulfoxide or
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Published 16 Nov 2011

Chimeric self-sufficient P450cam-RhFRed biocatalysts with broad substrate scope

  • Aélig Robin,
  • Valentin Köhler,
  • Alison Jones,
  • Afruja Ali,
  • Paul P. Kelly,
  • Elaine O'Reilly,
  • Nicholas J. Turner and
  • Sabine L. Flitsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1494–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.173

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  • ; P450 monooxygenase; substrate engineering; Introduction P450 monooxygenases are a ubiquitous family of enzymes found in a wide variety of organisms in all domains of life. These enzymes catalyse oxidation reactions such as hydroxylation, epoxidation, N- and O-dealkylation and heteroatom oxidation
  • of the hydroxylation of compounds 11, 13 and 15 has not yet been determined and is currently under investigation. Conclusion In summary, we have described a fast screening method that allows us to find new biocatalysts for oxidation reactions, either by screening P450 variants or by screening
  • attractive for the further discovery and development of new oxidation activity. Oxidation reactions with P450cam-RhFRed mutants. Whole cell biotransformation of diphenylmethane to 4-hydroxydiphenylmethane with P450cam(Y96A)-RhFRed. Conversion (% relative peak-area by GC–MS of extracted reaction mixtures
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Published 02 Nov 2011

Oxidative cyclization of alkenols with Oxone using a miniflow reactor

  • Yoichi M. A. Yamada,
  • Kaoru Torii and
  • Yasuhiro Uozumi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 18, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.18

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  • conclusion, we have developed a miniflow reaction system for the oxidative cyclization of alkenols with Oxone, affording the corresponding cyclic ethers in high conversion, where potentially explosive Oxone was used and quenched safely. Development of instantaneous flow reaction systems for the oxidation
  • reactions with a retention time of several seconds is currently in progress. Miniflow reaction system of oxidative cyclization. The oxidative cyclization of an alkenol 1a with Oxone under batch conditions. Oxidative cyclization of alkenols with Oxone through a miniflow reactor.a Acknowledgements This work
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Published 29 Apr 2009

Do α-acyloxy and α-alkoxycarbonyloxy radicals fragment to form acyl and alkoxycarbonyl radicals?

  • Dennis P. Curran and
  • Tiffany R. Turner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 10, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-10

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  • oxidation reactions, especially those run under ostensibly reducing conditions [9]. The oxidation step may be inefficient and is almost surely a chain-breaking event. Thus, when the rate of the unspecified oxidation reaction(s) begins to exceed the rate of reduction of radicals 13a by tin hydride, the whole
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Published 25 May 2006

Towards practical biocatalytic Baeyer- Villiger reactions: applying a thermostable enzyme in the gram- scale synthesis of optically- active lactones in a two-liquid- phase system

  • Frank Schulz,
  • François Leca,
  • Frank Hollmann and
  • Manfred T. Reetz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 10, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-10

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  • Frank Schulz Francois Leca Frank Hollmann Manfred T. Reetz Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany 10.1186/1860-5397-1-10 Abstract Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) are extremely promising catalysts useful for enantioselective oxidation
  • reactions of ketones, but organic chemists have not used them widely due to several reasons. These include instability of the enzymes in the case of in vitro and even in vivo systems, reactant/product inhibition, problems with upscaling and the necessity of using specialized equipment. The present study
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